The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-28
ORR STREET RAILWAYS.
,DDJyTONAL PRIIILEGES ASKED
r0R By THE UNION PASSENGkR

The CITY, the Union Passenger ana the
manchester Lines All Involved in Con
,.o,ersv over Routes Interesting Dis
.,..ion Before the Committee on streets.
r.o Cannon Council met al $50 yes
...fs, afternoon 20 consider certain ap-
.rrafi0ns Of the various street railway
i,,anic. The Union Passenger Rail
n,yf,rd an amended route which they
,ted viz. From Franklin and Seven
...,fh fo Dock. tO Fourteenth. thence 90
,,.co. Bridge. from Dock 20 Mill street
.+ VIRGINIA. 10 the street mo namel in
.s.r of Blanchard warehouse, thence TO
Tudfth. thence % Cary, thence TO Sew
soth thence TO Canal, thence TO Sixth,
thence TO Cary, thence mp Cary to Reser-
,o,r street, where 10 would connect with
no main line.
The Council unanimously committed
he centre subject TO the Street Committee
nlich AZ once met I'm the City Engineers
Office
THE COMMITTED MEETING.
The first question which was argued
.,f,-e the committee WAS that Of the
Richmond and Manchester Railway
Company.
rhis company through its counsel, Mr.
W r Meredith, presented four routes
d. follows
tack from Ninth and Canal to
seventh. thence 10 Franklin reaching
franklin they asked that permission be
Granted them 10 connect with The Union
passenger Railway ond,upon proper com
rer.sti0u tOuse their tracks and run their
l.-.rn Seventh TO Marshall and back TO
Franklin Thence. If they could make
s-arrements. 20 come down Ninth TO
Main Nr. Jackson. attorney for the
Cv Railway Company here said his
.omnany wOuld never consent 20 the use
HNnth street by any company
D TO grant line from Seventh and
Marshall to Eight and Broad and there
connect with the City Railway to Main
and Smith. lMr Jackson here again
reiterated that bis company would allow
rolin. of the s0rt)
Nr Coke. attorney for the Union, line
asked bat common Justice. The award.
rrol privileges to the Union road could
r0t i'm any way interfere with either the
Manchester line or The City line. This
o.mrauv De said. was here 10 build a
street railway track. They had built
eleven miles and wanted 10 build more
Hwa. true that il was Northern money
nat was spent. and more Northern
money would come if opportunity was
granted them.
Major Nash urged the claims of the
Manchester Railway and Improvement
COMPANY The route of this road, he
.sH which covered Marshall street from
College To- Eighth, landing passengers
from Manchester ON the corner of Eighth
and Broad. had already obtained It's fran
Dhse. and the committee could not gain
4vu
Inc committee amended the Union
Passenger Railway Company franchise
by striking out that part which allowed
tlem To- uu a track from Dock street 10
MAYO bridge.
The question VINO should run up Canal
r-eef 0n the TWO squares between Ninth
and Seventh streets was bone of con-
terf0n which was discussed for two
lor. During the discussion Major
BRYAN. who owns the Manchester street
Railway said that the lives of his passen-
ce-- were always in danger every time
uecar crossed the Ninth-street bridge,
mf unless the Committee allowed him
n mn Dis track around Seventh street
and back to Ninth. the blood of those
u red would be- ON the committee s
lesl
Nr Cutchins moved that the City En-
r|neer and City Attorney be appointed "a
committee tO frame am ordinance which
WiI provide that the street railways can
eros, Seyenth-street bridge just as they
cross Nuth-street bridge, and TO connect
tlo several street railway companies To-
se'ler should they choose to do so.
The committee finally struck out thal
portion of ihe request of the Union line
asking for Fourteenth street, between
Dock and Mayos bridge by a vote
Of ayes b noes 4 and 1t was
agreed that both the Richmond ana
Manchester and the Union Passenger
Railway should have the right oil way
between Seventh and Ninth streets ON
Canal each company being required to
commence LAYING their track within sixty
DAYS and complete 10 within four months
ul that the track should be so laid that
the Electric Union Passenger Company
could use IL for their cars while Man
chester cars could also run over it.
So all the Street Railway Companies
have iu the main, all the branches asked
i0r
rRONENDER FOR CITY MULES.
Just before adjournment the street
Committee opened the bids for pro-
yender for the city stables.
The awards were as follows
Charles /. J odd-oats, S3445; brown
aNN
fll9. straw. 44c: ship stuff, soc. Alvey
Bros corn, 52c f. H. Dunn ~ Co.
hay il4GJ.
The committee then passed ON and
approved the various pay-rolls, ana al
lni o'clock adjourned
Funeral Of Mr.. > B. Marshall
The funeral services of Mr.. j. Is. Mar
shall Jr. whose death from being thrown
from a horse in Bennettsyille, South
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